autodidact

au·to·di·dact

A0534500 (ô′tō-dī′dăkt′)n. A self-taught person.

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[From Greek autodidaktos, self-taught : auto-, auto- + didaktos, taught; see didactic.]

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au′to·di·dac′tic adj.

autodidact

(ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪdækt) n (Education) a person who is self-taught[C16: from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach] ˌautodiˈdactic adj

au•to•di•dact

(ˌɔ toʊˈdaɪ dækt, -daɪˈdækt)

n. a person who has learned a subject without a teacher or formal education; self-taught person. [1525–35; < Greek autodídaktos self-taught; see auto-¹, didactic] au`to•di•dac′tic, adj. au`to•di•dac′ti•cal•ly, adv.

autodidact

A person who is self-taught rather than having received formal education.

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autodidact - a person who has taught himself individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

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